[HCDX] Weekly DX News

[Dave Valko <dvalko@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not much DX this week fellas.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA  3220, R. Morobe, 1102*, Went off early this Sunday.  Just
today or do they sign off early every Sunday??  Bougainville was in the
clear with Guatemala off.  (Valko 27 August)

GUYANA  3289.74, V.O. Guyana, 0917-0935, Talk by man in EG, mention of SW.
"Born Free".  More talk by same man with personal greetings, and ID at
bottom of the hour.  Easy clear signal.  Nice to hear them back yet again.
Nothing heard on 5950 though.  (Valko 29 August)

Recently bought and have been experimenting with a Sony portable MZ-R70 MD
player/recorder.  Amazingly small.  I thought it would be just the ticket
for DXpeditions, but there are a few things I'm not very pleased with.
First of all, its rather noisey.  "Chugs" about once every minute which is
annoying when you're trying to concentrate on DX.  It has the option of
recording in either stereo or mono, but defaults back to stereo every time
its turned off.  Recording in mono gives you 148 minutes on a 74 minute MD
which is a plus.  I like the idea of labeling the tracks, but its time
consuming.  Time wasted when you could be listening.  Its understandable
though...they certainly couldn't put a complete keyboard on it!!  I suspect
that with all the button pushing, they could wear out in short time.  The
unit isn't much bigger than a regular minidisc itself and looks kind of
fragile.  Granted, I'm just looking at the disadvantages, but they are
important to consider if its going to be used while DXing.  I'm hoping to
use it on some micro-DXpeditions this DX season.

73's      Dave
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